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I want to start out by saying, 'WE ARE SO BLESSED', this past weekend we have a killer storm ripe through our little town of newburgh missing us by about 1/2 mile. We had no damages or losses other than a loss of words being unable to describe the destruction around us. Saturday night we had went to a outdoor concert and was on our way home about 1:00 am, the wind was tough, Mike had a hard time keeping the truck on the road. Within 30 minutes after we got home the electric went out and you could hear the roaring and things hitting the windows. Little did we know what was going on. We went on and went to bed in the middle of the storm. I keep thinking if we would have been just 30 minutes later we would have been right in the path of this killer tornado!!!! The lord know to send us home early that night.

About an hour later (3:00 am) our phone starting ringing " Are you all ok? a tornado just wiped out Newburgh" with no electric and half a sleep we did not understand what was going on. After we found a flash light and a radio, we started to understand what was going on. We tried calling Mike's mom (who live about 2 miles from us, on the other side of town) and could not reach her. So we got in the truck and drove over there. We had to drive throught the comer of Vann Road to get to her. The pictures explain what we encounter in the dark only worse. Electric pole and wire covering the roads, pitch black, could not see where you were going. Car's going everywhere, just trying to check on there loved ones. It wasn't until after daylight did we find the real distraction.
As the days come, we are able to see more distraction all around us, if the path of this tornado would have continued as it was going, the MCKWOODRING would not be here today to share this with you. We fell the lord was watching over us that day/night and directed every step of the way. I would like not to forget about the ones that passed away that morning, god knows what is in store for them and it was their time to carry that plan through. It is not for us to question why, only to help support those that don't understand. There are many more photos out there visit www.couierpress.com for storm coverage slide show. We love you all.
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